linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 11/68] staging: vt6656: Fix false Tx excessive retries reporting.

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Date:   Mon,  3 Feb 2020 16:19:07 +0000
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 11/68] staging: vt6656: Fix false Tx excessive retries reporting.

From: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com>

commit 9dd631fa99dc0a0dfbd191173bf355ba30ea786a upstream.

The driver reporting  IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK is not being handled
correctly. The driver should only report on TSR_TMO flag is not
set indicating no transmission errors and when not IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK
is being requested.

Cc: stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/340f1f7f-c310-dca5-476f-abc059b9cd97@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/staging/vt6656/int.c |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/int.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/int.c
@@ -107,9 +107,11 @@ static int vnt_int_report_rate(struct vn
 
 	info->status.rates[0].count = tx_retry;
 
-	if (!(tsr & (TSR_TMO | TSR_RETRYTMO))) {
+	if (!(tsr & TSR_TMO)) {
 		info->status.rates[0].idx = idx;
-		info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK;
+
+		if (!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK))
+			info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK;
 	}
 
 	ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe(priv->hw, context->skb);